Amish Peanut BrittleOld Fashioned Homemade Candy, Two 12 oz Bags

• Handcrafted Quality: Iva and her daughters stir every small batch by hand in their farmhouse kitchen, the way brittle was made before candy factories existed. No two batches are ever quite identical, and that is the point.
• Real Amish Peanut Brittle: Made by an Old-Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border, not in a candy plant. When a batch runs out, the next one waits on Iva's kettle, and folks wait for it.
• Two Generous Bags: The base purchase is two 12 oz bags, a full pound and a half of brittle in all. A four-bag option doubles that to 3 pounds for sharing or putting away for company.
• The Classic Snap: Thick-cut and crisp with a firm brittle snap, golden caramel, and roasted peanuts through every piece. This is old-time hard brittle, not a soft or thin style.
• Simple Ingredients: Caramelized sugar, creamy butter, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, and baking soda, stirred until the moment is right. Nothing you would not find in an Amish pantry.
• Gift Ready: Ships gift-ready with no prices in the box, and you can add a free gift note at checkout. Each bag measures about 6" x 3" x 2 1/2" tall, a tidy fit for a Christmas box or care package.
• American Heritage: A recipe handed down through generations of one Amish family, sold with free shipping on every order and returns accepted, no questions asked.

Amish peanut brittle is getting hard to find, and most peanut brittle for sale today comes off a factory line. Ours comes out of Iva's kitchen. She and her daughters caramelize the sugar with creamy butter, fold in roasted peanuts, and stir each small batch by hand until it is ready to cool and crack into thick golden pieces. You get two 12 oz bags, a pound and a half of brittle in all, with a four-bag option for those who already know how fast the first bag disappears. It is the candy people remember from holidays and family gatherings, made the same unhurried way it always was.

A word about texture, because brittle people have opinions. This is classic hard brittle with a crisp, clean snap, cut thick and generous, not a soft or thin-style candy, and if soft brittle is what you are after, this one is not it. If the real thing is what you are after, you are in good company. One customer wrote to tell us the brittle was "SO good, I consumed it all in one sitting," and that he "was expecting this bag to last the entire holiday season." He called it the first peanut brittle in half a century as good as his Mom's. Plenty of tins sell themselves as gourmet peanut brittle, but the best peanut brittle is the kind that tastes like somebody's mother made it, and that is the standard Iva cooks to.

Two bags settle into a comfortable arrangement: one for the house, one to give away. Tuck a bag into a Christmas box or a college care package, set a plate out when company comes, or bring one along anywhere a store-bought dessert would feel like an apology. Everything ships gift-ready with no prices in the box, and you can add a free gift note at checkout. Once a bag is open, plan on finishing it within a week or two, which no one has yet reported to be a difficulty.

Like everything with our name on it, this brittle comes from an Old-Order Amish family in our community on the Iowa-Missouri border, made from a recipe passed down through generations. Small batches mean it sells out now and then, and when it does, the notify-me form on this page will bring you word as soon as more is ready. Shipping is free on every order, and returns are accepted with no questions asked. If a bag ever arrives less than it should be, tell us and we will make it right.